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Today is May 12, the 133rd day of the year. It’s a leap year. So, there are 233 days left in 2016. Below are news items from the Creston News Advertiser for this week (May 9-15) in history:
10 years ago
Evonne Lents, Ellen Pool, Dave Collings, Brian Britten and Ron Lauer, members of the Orient-Macksburg School Board of Directors, were presented certificates for their service. They had just approved the 2006 graduating seniors list, a sharing agreement with Prescott School district and an Aug. 21 start date for the 2006-07 school year.
Creston 2006 seniors had many outstanding athletes, so it was difficult to choose an outstanding male and female. Instead, Ashley Hartsook and Brittany Riley were both chosen as Outstanding Female Athlete, and Trevor Conner, Dane Wardenburg and G.G. Harris were chosen as Outstanding Male Athletes.
20 years ago
A new format for selecting students for National Honor Society was used that required a little more effort to be accepted. No names were used on the application, community service was required and there was an addition of the Good Conduct Rule. The new members were senior Amanda Diers and juniors, Tiffany Abell, Melanie Adams, Lori Burkhalter, Jennifer Chandler, Lindsay Courtney, Shannon Emerson, Amanda Fiala, Meg Gammell, Sara Harris, Heidi Hellyer, Amanda Higgins, Stephanie Jensen, Raelynne Loudon, Regina Loudon, Kyle McCann, Theresa Rooney, Paula Saxton, Anna Spindler, Todd Stalker, Brady Steenhoek, Brian Teutsch, Katie Turner and Ashley Wimmer.
Southwestern Community College announced it would be starting a cross country team. Athletic director Ron “Fox” Clinton and coach Gary O’Daniels said it would be the only junior college in Iowa to have this program, and the team would run against teams from the Iowa Conference such as Central and Simpson. The first runner to be signed to the team was Jennifer Schaefer from Creston High School.
50 years ago
Six girls on the Creston High School golf team won the district title at Red Oak and would be representing the team at the state meet in Iowa Falls. They included Kathy Lawton, Kaye Sandeman, Mary Richards, Lynn Sandeman, Ann Van Arkel and Natalie Coen, coached by Maury Geist.
Preparations for the Creston High School junior-senior banquet, prom and the all-night Crestubilee that followed were near completion for the weekend. The banquet and prom were to be in the gymnasium starting at 6 p.m. About 11 p.m., the students were to be guests of the community-sponsored Crestubilee that would start at the Strand Theater. Bleachers were erected in front for spectators while students were greeted, interviewed and photographed. After a movie, the junior and seniors went home to change before heading to the Elks Lodge around 2:30 a.m. for a night of food, dancing, games, carnival and floor show. About 6:30 a.m., they would head to the Eagles Lodge for breakfast, souvenirs and prizes. This was the 14th-annual Crestubilee with the first all-night party held in 1953. Funds could be sent to Mrs. Clair Boyd, as it took $1,400 to host the party for the 315 students.